I had a stand in a big pine on top of my ridge. It was situated between 2 food plots with bedding at each end. It was a great stand. The wind took it down. Snapped off the trunk at about 15 feet, the stand was at 20 feet, Glad I wasn't in it! I believe it is my fault that it snapped there. When I bought my land almost 4 years ago, the stand was there. It was dangerous so I took it down. I pried the chain that attached the stand to the tree out of the bark. I was hoping that I didn't girdle the tree. In the mean time, the tree continued to look healthy so I put up my own stand and ladder. The tree is still green but that chain made a weak spot. Maybe I should have left the chain in the tree. In the fore ground there is a scrape that was 1 of 3 along this trail. I passed on a 130 8 pointer that was checking that scrape this year. 15 yard shot. View from opposite side of the tree.
wow!!! Good thing you weren't doing predator control in that treestand. looks like a awesome mother nature made ground blind!
Sorry for your loss Greg, and the chain had probally already done it's damage. Taking it out didn't change it much I'd bet. just lucky you weren't up there bearing down on that 130incher. Woulda been a bad deal.
That sucks. Glad it happened now and not when you were in it during the season. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2
Whooa! That's nuts. I agree that the chain probably already did its damage and it would've been weak there, chain remaining or not. Bummer it cost a good stand but definitely better than costing your life. I agree with Swamp Stalker that it appears to make a heck of a natural ground blind.
Dang, that sure does suck but at least it didn't happen this fall when you were up in it I guess!!! Great ground blind now though!!!
The stand appears to be ok. I'll probably cut it out of there this weekend. I too thought it would make for a good ground blind. Sent from my Galaxy S3 and Tapatalk 2
